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咖啡店里破了例：keeping you on your toes

自由城里天天点同一杯咖啡的盖伊，今天突然说 Actually, I think I'd like to try a cappuccino today.（其实，我今天想换换花样，来杯卡布奇诺。），把店员和警官都整愣了，只好打圆场：Ha! I'm just keeping you on your toes.（哈！我就是逗逗你，让你精神着点。）。想学英语里打破日常、随口打趣的说法，这段很轻松。

发生了什么

自由城是个循环运转的游戏世界，盖伊每天点同一杯「中杯咖啡，加奶，两糖」。可这天他忽然说 Actually, I think I'd like to try a cappuccino today.（其实，我今天想换换花样，来杯卡布奇诺。），把咖啡师和约翰尼警官都整懵了，他赶紧解释只是逗着玩：I'm just keeping you on your toes.（让你保持警觉、不敢松懈。）。后来银行遭劫，本该乖乖趴下的盖伊却抢走劫匪的墨镜、把人制服，还甩下一句 You're the guy who lies down and takes it!（你是那个乖乖躺下挨着的家伙！）。游戏公司随后发现，干掉玩家的竟是个非玩家角色：An NPC? That's impossible.（一个非玩家角色？这不可能。）。想学随口打趣和吐槽异常的说法，这段很轻松。

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keeping you on your toes

让你保持警觉、不敢松懈keeping someone alert and ready

咖啡师先假装要换单捉弄盖伊，随后解释说自己只是让他别放松。

The surprise inspections keep the whole team on their toes.突击检查让整个团队一直绷着神经。

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  • No way, no how

    绝对不行

  • smoke someone

    开枪干掉、把人打翻

  • baristic artistry

    「咖啡师式艺术」的混成俏皮话

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115 句台词里标了 53 处

短语 · A2gotta try

得试试

- You know that! - I gotta try.
短语 · C1a one-small-coffee-over-four-hours girl

点一杯小咖啡坐四小时的女孩

We usually don't put the chairs on the tables, one-small-coffee-over-four-hours girl.
短语 · B2be obsessed with something

对某事痴迷

Seems like everyone's obsessed with it.
短语 · B2have a lawsuit against someone

起诉某人

I, uh, have a lawsuit against the publisher
短语 · B2the evidence someone needs

我需要的证据

and the evidence that I need is in the game.
短语 · B2wish someone weren't doing something

真希望我们没在打烊

- So then I had my codes-- - Oh, I wish we weren't closing so I could hear more about this.
语法 · B2I wish we weren't closing

wish 后的虚拟：wish 后面用过去式表示与现在事实相反，等于说真希望现在不是这样。这里用 were closing 表达对正在打烊这件事的遗憾，后半句再用 could 说明本来想听更多。

- So then I had my codes-- - Oh, I wish we weren't closing so I could hear more about this.
短语 · A2would like to try something

想要试试

Actually, I think I'd like to try a cappuccino today.
短语 · C1a waterfall made of letters

字母做成的瀑布（形容词音好听）

It's like a waterfall made of letters.
短语 · B1be about to do something

马上就要

- Well, I... - Somebody's about to get shot.
短语 · B2keep someone on their toes

让你保持警觉、不敢松懈

咖啡师先假装要换单捉弄盖伊，随后解释说自己只是让他别放松。

Ha! I'm just keeping you on your toes.
短语 · A2someone was kidding

是在开玩笑

Just keeping you on your toes. I was kidding.
短语 · B2deprive oneself of something

剥夺自己享受某物

Oh, you think I'd deprive myself of your baristic artistry?
短语 · B2no way, no how

绝对不行

咖啡师怕盖伊嫌她手艺差，对方立刻连说两句，表示绝不会放弃她做的咖啡。

No way, no how.
短语 · C1wash one's tongue

洗了我的舌头（形容好喝）

It's like Jesus washed my tongue
短语 · B1right before something

就在……之前

but, right before he finished, he finally told my dad, "He's good enough."
短语 · A2good enough

足够好

but, right before he finished, he finally told my dad, "He's good enough."
发音good enough

good enough 里 good 末尾的 d 连上 enough 的元音，弹成一个轻轻的音，听起来像 goo-denough。

but, right before he finished, he finally told my dad, "He's good enough."
短语 · B1have been over this

这事已经说过很多遍了

We've been over this.
短语 · A2something didn't work

没成功

You tried to talk to her yesterday, it didn't work.
短语 · B1mess with someone

招惹某人

We don't mess with the sunglasses people.
短语 · B1something of one's own

属于我自己的

Maybe I'll get some sunglasses of my own.
短语 · A2someone can't do that

不能那么做

What? What are you talking about? You can't do that.
短语 · A2for a sec

就一下

I'm gonna need your sunglasses for a sec.
短语 · B1what someone thinks they're doing

自以为在干什么

What the hell do you think you're doing?
短语 · B2just an NPC

只是个非玩家角色

He's just an NPC. Waste that mother-- Okay, just need to borrow them for a sec, okay?
短语 · A2borrow something

借一下

He's just an NPC. Waste that mother-- Okay, just need to borrow them for a sec, okay?
短语 · B1back off

退后、别过来

- Back off! I said, don't! - Just real quick. Real quick.
短语 · A2real quick

很快就好

- Back off! I said, don't! - Just real quick. Real quick.
短语 · C1or something

还是怎么的

You broken or somethin'?
短语 · C1lie down and take it

逆来顺受、趴下认命

You're the guy who lies down and takes it!
语法 · B2the guy who lies down

who 定语从句：who 从句紧跟 the guy，用来限定是哪一种人。这里把对方定义为一挨打就躺下的人，用从句补充说明他的角色，比再加一句更有力。

You're the guy who lies down and takes it!
短语 · B1stay down

趴着别动

I said, stay down!
短语 · B2this isn't someone

这不是你的作风

This isn't you.
短语 · B1maybe someone does

也许我就是这样

Maybe I do.
语法 · B1Maybe I do

助动词替代：用 do 代替前面刚说过的动词，避免重复整句。这里回应对方那句「你不会做这种事」，直接回一句也许我就是，短促又有力。

Maybe I do.
俚语 · C1smoke his ass

把他干掉（开枪打死，粗话）——smoke 在俚语里指开枪打死，smoke his ass 是粗野的说法。只能当戏里台词或玩笑，现实中说出来极具威胁。

I told you to smoke his ass.
短语 · A2let go

放手

Let go!
发音Let go

Let go 里 Let 末尾的 t 在 go 的 g 前几乎不发音，两个词连成一拍，听起来像 le-go。

Let go!
短语 · A2give something right back

马上还回来

I'll give them right back.
短语 · A2be just resting

只是在休息

He's just resting.
短语 · B1in pieces

碎成几块

In pieces!
短语 · A2so sleepy

太困了

He's so sleepy.
短语 · B1put one's gun down

把枪放下

I'm just gonna put your gun down,
短语 · B2for when someone wakes

等你醒来时用

for when you wake.
短语 · B2feel brand new

感觉焕然一新

I feel brand new.
俚语 · B1Loser

废物、失败者（侮辱性称呼）——骂人没用、什么都做不成，带明显轻视。朋友间开玩笑勉强可以，正式场合或对不熟的人说是人身攻击。

Loser.
短语 · B1check this out

看这个

Hey, Mouser, check this out.
发音What's up

What's up 说得快时 What's 末尾的 ts 连上 up，缩成一个音，听起来像 wuh-tsup。

What's up, Keys?
短语 · A2what is someone looking at

我在看什么

What am I looking at?
短语 · B2get something stolen

墨镜被人抢走

Okay, so, this user, he gets his glasses stolen and then killed.
短语 · B2a non-playable character

非玩家角色

The guy was smoked by a non-playable character.
短语 · A2yeah, exactly

对，正是

Yeah, exactly.

看懂「咖啡店里破了例」

这一章能学到

  • 会用 about to 开口
  • 见到 beers on the beach 知道在施压
  • 能听懂这场里的讽刺或命令

发音重点

  • good enough — good enough 里 good 末尾的 d 连上 enough 的元音，弹成一个轻轻的音，听起来像 goo-denough。
  • Let go — Let go 里 Let 末尾的 t 在 go 的 g 前几乎不发音，两个词连成一拍，听起来像 le-go。
  • What's up — What's up 说得快时 What's 末尾的 ts 连上 up，缩成一个音，听起来像 wuh-tsup。
It's like Jesus washed my tongue

就像耶稣帮我洗了舌头一样。 把喝一口咖啡说成宗教级别的净化，夸张到离谱，却精准写出一个普通人对小确幸的满足。

We don't mess with the sunglasses people.

我们不去招惹那些戴墨镜的人。 把一条社会潜规则说得像家训，一句话划清了谁有特权、谁只能绕道。

The guy was smoked by a non-playable character.

那家伙被一个非玩家角色给干掉了。 用游戏行业最平常的术语，说出最颠覆规则的一件事，专业口吻反而放大荒诞。

You're the guy who lies down and takes it!

你就是那种躺下任人宰割的家伙！ 用一句直白的挑衅，把逆来顺受的人钉在墙上，短却有对象、有立场，扎得人忘不掉。

关于这一章的问题

keeping you on your toes 是什么意思？

意思是「让你保持警觉、不敢松懈」。朋友开玩笑说这句，就是逗你一下、让你别太放松。

No way, no how 怎么用？

意思是「绝对不行」，两个否定叠在一起，语气比单说 No way 更强，用来果断拒绝。

smoke someone 是什么意思？

是黑话，意思是「开枪干掉、把人打翻」。台词里 I told you to smoke his ass 就是「我让你把他干掉」，用在动作片或游戏里。

baristic artistry 是什么？

是 barista（咖啡师）和 artistic（艺术的）混出来的俏皮词，夸人做咖啡的手艺。台词里用来说「舍不得错过你的咖啡师手艺」。

「这不可能」英语怎么说？

可以说 That's impossible。想强调完全无法接受或无法相信，直接说这句最干脆。

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